Intactivism: Week in Review January 29, 2011

by Tally on January 29, 2011

Parents, protect your babies. Support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.

Above the Law did a review of The Good Men Project Magazine article that interviewed Tally last week. Above the Law poked fun at Tally and his efforts to tug his penis to restore his foreskin. I loved it! The article increased traffic to this site and to Restoring Foreskin.org. The more men that learn about foreskin restoration, the more men who may consider leaving their future sons intact.

Monday, January 24, 2011

National Post Full Comment:Jackson Doughart on circumcision: Infants can’t choose
Outlawing routine circumcisions would protect the liberty of children too young to make informed decisions about their own health, children who would otherwise be forced to live with the results of their parents’ choice for the rest of their lives. It is time to rid our society of the shameful practice of routine male genital mutilation and move on to a more enlightened state of affairs, where adults can make such decisions for themselves. Barbara Kay, an old Jewish woman, responds to Jackson's Full Comment with an ignorant diatribe that male infant circumcision is needed for sexual purposes.

AOL Health:The John/Joan Case
A description of David Reimer and how a doctor converted him to a female after a botched circumcision resulted in the removal of David's penis. David discovered the sex change as a teenager and demanded to be restored to a male. But the damage to his psyche had been done. He later committed suicide.

ABC News:Activist Seeks Ban on Circumcision, Legalized Teen Sex
News report about an Oakland activist filing suit in California -- to ban infant male circumcision. Rev. Svend la Rose's lawsuit maintains that circumcision is already banned under California's mayhem law and California's constitutional equal protection law (section 7), and that enforcement of that possible ban is what's sought. In a news release about the suit, la Rose likens, legally, the parallel of female circumcision with the importance of a male's prepuce.

National Post Ful Coment:Today’s letters: Do we still need to cut?
Letter responses to two opposing opinion pieces in teh National Post. The letters supporting infant circumcision mostly claim that it is the parents' right to do whatever they wish to their children, even amputate healthy tissue like the foreskin. Those who are against infant circumcision take a more reasoned approach, pointing out the violation of the boy's bodily autonomy and the harm of circumcistion to the infant.

Who is this guy?

Restoring Tally is just an ordinary guy who had to confront his prostate and circumcision problems. This site chronicles his journey in dealing with these issues. He has had prostate surgery and he is restoring his foreskin.